Jerry Austin, a family researcher from St. Paul, Minnesota, compiled research on six families who settled in western Wisconsin including the Carl Jandt/Yandt (1837-1901) family, the Johann Jandt (1828-1911) family, the Herman Salzwedel (1834-1915) family, the William Salzwedel (1840-1919) family, the Emilie (Salzwedel) Affeldt (1843-1922) family, and the Joseph Walter (1839-1922) family.
Carl Jandt (1837-1901) was born in Pomerania. In 1860, He married Ulricke Scheunemann (1838-1913). The couple came to America in 1873 and settled in Barre Mills in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. In 1891, they moved to the city of La Crosse. The couple had seven children: Bertha Jandt Stegemann Martin Euler (1863-1938), Karl Jandt (1864-1936), Albert Jandt (1866-1944), Emelie Jandt (1870-1886), Reinhardt Carl Yandt (1875-1955), Lewis Jandt (1880-1911?), and Frederick Ludwig Yandt (1882-1956).
The second family group in the collection is the Johann Jandt (1828-1911) family. He was born in Bolkow, Kreis Belgard,Pomerania, Prussia. Jandt married Catherine Friederika Manke around 1850 in Pomerania. Johann immigrated, with his children, to the United States in 1871, and the family settled in Barre Mills, Wisconsin in 1872. His children include August Jandt (1850-1932), an unnamed daughter who died in 1853, Bertha Lena Jandt Salzwedel (1856-1926), Herman Jandt (1859-1922), and Albert L. Jandt (1863-1902).
The next family group is the Herman Ludwig Frederick Salzwedel (1834-1915) family. Salzwedel was born in Molstow, Kreis Greifenberg, Germany. He married Wilhelmina G. Gust (1828-1915) in 1857. The coupled immigrated to the United States in 1858, settling first in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before moving to La Crosse, Wisconsin. The family later settled in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. Their children include Charlie C. Salzwedel (1858-1877), Lewis William August Salzwedel (1860-1942), Bertha Caroline Salzwedel Affeldt (1863-1948), Louisa A. Salzwedel Hardie (1866-1934), Ida Albertina Augusta Salzwedel Ehret (1868-1952), and August Ferdinand Salzwedel (1871-1943).
The fourth family group is the Martin Wilhelm Ferdinand Salzwedel (1840-1919) family. He is also known as "William" and is the brother of Herman Salzwedel. William Salzwedel was born in Gumminshoff, Kreis Greifenberg, Germany. He married Bertha Lena Jandt (1856-1926), daughter of Johann and Catherine Jandt, in 1877. Both William and Bertha came to the United States with their parents. The couple settled in Ettrick, Wisconsin. Their children include Herman Salzwedel (1878-1881), Otto Louis Salzwedel (1880-1962), Charles Salzwedel (1882-1956), Amelia Augusta Salzwedel Walter (1885-1958), Wilhelmina Augusta Rose Salzwedel Thompson (1887-1955), and Wilhelm Louis August Salzwedel (1890-1979).
The next family group is the Emilie F. Augusta Salzwedel Affeldt (1843-1922) family. She was born near Greifenburg, Germany, and is the sister of Herman and William Salzwedel. Emilie married Ludwig Herman Affeldt in 1859. The couple settled in Melrose, Wisconsin. Their children include William F. Affeldt (1863-1948), Anna Affeldt Clatt (1866-1943), Edward H. Affeldt (1868-1868), Edward Affeldt (1868-1872), Ida Affeldt (1870-1881), Emma Affeldt (1872-1881), Otto Emil Affeldt (1875-1958), Bertha Louise Affeldt Ristow (1878-1949), Wilhelmina Amelia Anna Affeldt Lewison (1880-1958), and Henry Louis Affeldt (1883-1946).
The sixth family group is the Joseph Jacob Walter (1839-1922) family. He was born in Baden-Baden, Germany. His first marriage was to Walburga Ward (1839-1878). The couple came to the United States in the summer of 1867 and eventually settled in Ettrick, Wisconsin. Their children include Louisa Walter Robinson (1868-1944), William M. Walter (1870-1945), Henry Charles Walter (1871-1963), Edward Daniel Walter (1873-1952) and Josephine Agnes Walter Raichle (1878-1941).
After his first wife died, Joseph Walter married Anna Catherine Henrietta Poehlmann Ehret (1838-1909). Their children include Bertha Ida Lena Walter Salzwedel (1880-1952) and Lena Augusta Walter Kuhs (1883-1959).
